# թաթ
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Old Armenian թաթ (tʻatʻ).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /tʰɑtʰ/, [tʰɑtʰ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /tɑt/, [tʰɑtʰ]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

թաթ • (tʻatʻ)
* paw
* hand; foot
* scale (either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales)

#### Synonyms

* (scale): նժար (nžar)

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

Uncertain. Ačaṙean and Olsen leave the origin open.
J̌ahukyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-t-, enlarged from the root *teh₂g- (“to touch”), whence Latin tangō (“to touch”) and tālus (“ankle; heel”), etc. (see also թակարդ (tʻakard)). Alternatively, according to him we may be dealing with a Lallwort with parallels in Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages; compare German Tatze and Romanian talpă with their many relations.

### Noun

թաթ • (tʻatʻ)
* sole (of the foot); palm (of the hand)
    թաթ ոտից ― tʻatʻ oticʻ ― foot; the sole of the foot
    թաթ կենդանեաց ― tʻatʻ kendaneacʻ ― paw, claw, talon
    թաթ երկաթի ― tʻatʻ erkatʻi ― gauntlet
** 5th century, Bible, Deuteronomy 28.35:Հարցէ զքեզ Տէր չարաչար կեղով ի ծունկս եւ ի սրունս, եւ ոչ կարասցես բժշկել ի թաթից ոտից քոց մինչեւ ցգլուխ քո։Harcʻē zkʻez Tēr čʻaračʻar kełov i cunks ew i sruns, ew očʻ karascʻes bžškel i tʻatʻicʻ oticʻ kʻocʻ minčʻew cʻglux kʻo.The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
** 5th? century, Movsēs Xorenacʻi, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] 3.53:Եւ տեսանէ ոչ ի քուն երազ եւ ոչ յարթնութեան տեսիլ, այլ ի սրտին գործարանի երեւութացեալ հոգւոյն աչաց թաթ ձեռին աջոյ՝ գրելով ի վերայ վիմի […] Ew tesanē očʻ i kʻun eraz ew očʻ yartʻnutʻean tesil, ayl i srtin gorcarani erewutʻacʻeal hogwoyn ačʻacʻ tʻatʻ jeṙin aǰoy, grelov i veray vimi […]1978 translation by Robert W. ThompsonAnd he saw not a dream in sleep, not a vision while awake, but in the depths of his heart there appeared to the eyes of his soul a right hand writing on rock […]
** Čaṙəntir [Miscellanies cited by NHB] :Առիւծքն թաթիւքն զոտսն մաքրէին [սրբոյն] […] Aṙiwckʻn tʻatʻiwkʻn zotsn makʻrēin [srboyn] […]The lions were cleaning the feet [of the saint] with paws […]
* (post-Classical) scale (either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales)
    թաթ կշռոց ― tʻatʻ kšṙocʻ ― scale
* (post-Classical) pouch of the sling

#### Derived terms

* թաթահատ (tʻatʻahat)
* թաթահերձ (tʻatʻaherj)
* թաթահերձութիւն (tʻatʻaherjutʻiwn)
* թաթառ (tʻatʻaṙ)
* թաթեմ (tʻatʻem)
* Թաթիկ (Tʻatʻik)
* թաթուլ (tʻatʻul)
* Թաթուլ (Tʻatʻul)
* թաթուռ (tʻatʻuṙ)
* թաթպան (tʻatʻpan)
* թաթօղ (tʻatʻōł)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: թաթ (tʻatʻ)
* → Georgian: თათი (tati)
** → Mingrelian: თვათვი (tvatvi)

### References

* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թաթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “թաթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 790ab
* Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “թաթ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 316b
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թաթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 137
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 409
* Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 940
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “թաթ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 253